I've ran magnum hoochies on some of my meat rigs for halibut fishing for a number of years and they work great. The problem with these big hoochies is that they are big enough to totally cover the hook, so spacers in the form of big, glow-in-the-dark Corky's are necessary to put some distance between […]
With saltwater salmon fishing firing up along the West Coast now is a good time to talk about herring brines. Brining herring before fishing it helps to toughen it up and can produce a more vibrant and shiny herring that catch more fish. If your herring is soft and mushy it will either fall off […]
It’s no secret that bottomfish associate with structure on the ocean floor. When dropping gear onto submerged structure like pinnacles, rock piles, and elevated plateaus it’s easy to spend more time tying on new gear than working productive water and actually catching fish. I ran into a gentleman in the tackle shop the other day that was loading up […]
With the Outdoor Line Halibut Quest trip quickly approaching on May 12 I thought it would be prudent to upload this article on sea-sickness. One of our charter customers has been sea-sick every single day he’s been on the water for over thirty years. I think I would have switched to fishing inland lakes or […]
